Note: there is a discrepancy on USAG's website and some pages list the competition taking place on March 4, while others have it March 5.

Press release via USAG:

USA Gymnastics announced the schedule for the 2016 Nastia Liukin Cup Series, which kicks off January 8, 2016. The invitational meets in the Series will determine the gymnasts who will compete in the Nastia Liukin Cup inside the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on March 5, 2016. The 2016 event, started in 2010 by 2008 Olympic all-around gold-medalist Nastia Liukin, is the seventh annual edition. 

 

Newark’s Prudential Center will host both the Nastia Liukin Cup and, on the following day, the 2016 AT&T American Cup, an International Gymnastics Federation World Cup event, which will feature some of the world’s biggest names in gymnastics. 

 

The 36 participants in the Nastia Liukin Cup are selected through the Nastia Liukin Cup Series, which features 25 of the country's top gymnastics invitationals held throughout the United States. The Nastia Liukin Cup Series kicks off on Jan. 8, with three invitationals, and the final Nastia Liukin Cup qualifiers will be determined at five invitationals held just three weeks before the Nastia Liukin Cup. The invitationals participating in the Cup Series are listed below with the number of qualifiers in parentheses.

 

Atlanta Crown Invitational, Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 8-10 (1 Jr., 1 Sr.)

Twistars Invitational, Dimondale, Mich., Jan 8-10 (1 Jr.)

Legacy Elite Winter Classic, Chicago, Ill., Jan 8-10 (1 Sr.)

Brestyan's Invitational, Medford, Mass., Jan. 15-17 (1 Jr.)

CGA Coaches' Spectacular, Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 15-17 (1 Sr.)

Lady Luck Invitational, Las Vegas, Nev., Jan. 15-17 (1 Jr., 1 Sr.)

Star Struck Invitational, Atlantic City, N.J., Jan. 15-17 (1 Sr.)

Tampa Bay Turners Invitational, Bradenton, Fla., Jan. 15-17 (1 Jr.)

Texas Prime, Irving, Texas, Jan. 15-17 (1 Jr., 1 Sr.)

Alamo Classic, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 22-24 (1 Jr.)

Sand Dollar Invitational, Orlando, Fla., Jan. 22-24 (1 Jr., 1 Sr.)

Chow's Challenge, Galveston, Texas, Jan. 29-31 (1 Jr.)

Fiesta Bowl, Chandler, Ariz., Jan. 29-31 (1 Sr.)

Wisconsin Dells Gymnastics Vacation Classic, Wisconsin Dells, Wis., Jan. 29-31 (1 Sr.)

Circle of Stars, Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 29-31 (1 Jr., 1 Sr.)

Classic Rock Invitational, Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 5-7 (1 Jr., 1 Sr.)

Buckeye Classic, Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 5-7 (1 Jr., 1 Sr.)

Charity Choice Invitational, Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 5-7 (1 Sr.)

Pikes Peak Cup, Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 5-7 (1 Jr., 1 Sr.)

Magical Classic, Orlando, Fla., Feb. 12-13 (1 Jr.)

Chicago Style, Chicago, Ill., Feb. 12-14 (1 Jr., 1 Sr.)

Excalibur Cup, Virginia Beach, Va., Feb. 12-14 (1 Jr.)

Greensboro Gymnastics Invitational, Greensboro, N.C., Feb. 12-14 (1 Sr.)

Presidential Classic, Orlando, Fla., Feb. 12-15 (1 Jr., 1 Sr.)

WOGA Classic, Frisco, Texas, Feb. 12-14 (1 Jr., 1 Sr.)

A total of 18 junior and 18 senior gymnasts will advance to the Nastia Liukin Cup. Senior athletes must be 16 years of age or older, and junior athletes must be 15 or younger. 

 

Gymnasts who compete in the Nastia Liukin Cup will receive a Nastia Liukin-designed leotard and a warm-up from GK Elite; two tickets to the American Cup and recognition during the event; and the opportunity to meet Liukin and participate in a team photo. 

 

Tickets for the Nastia Liukin Cup will go on sale this fall through gymnastics clubs participating in the AT&T American Cup discount ticket program, and will go on sale to the general public after the first of the year. For more information on tickets, please go nastialiukincup.com. 

 

A portion of the proceeds from the Nastia Liukin Cup benefits the Nastia Liukin Fund, a charitable fund in partnership with the National Gymnastics Foundation (www.usagym.org/foundation).